1. The Bolsheviks: Ideology of Power
In the earlier months of Bolshevik rule, the party struggled for power through its main source of support – workers and peasants. ... Moreover, suggested by Rose, the prohibition of all 'counter revolutionary' newspaper portrays the political corruptness of the party from the beginning whereas David Christian argues that censorship was compulsory to stabilize rule. ... These extreme authoritarian measures were necessary for developing a new coercive machinery of power. ... Despite betraying Marxist principles, these measures assisted the Bolsheviks to consolidate power by supp...
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